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{multicol} is about the multicol package and its multicols environment which allows to typeset text in multiple columns (up to 10) and to balance the end of each column at the end of the environment. For questions about multi-column areas inside a table, use {tables} plus {multicolumn} instead.

I've been having issues using the flushend package to balance the last page's columns. I'm using it to balance bibliographies mainly.
Flushend tends to (1) cut the last citation, (2) result in uneven ...

I'm having a problem with the package multicol. I'm trying to split an algorithm into two columns. In particular, this algorithm is made up by two procedures. Unfortunately, in this particular case, ...

I am new to TeX, but I cannot find a solution to my problem anywhere.
I have some text in two columns just after a page wide image (and this is not a problem).
But I would like to add a little table ...

I desire a layout that has, say, an "info-box" (for the lack of better wording). The main layout of my document uses a three column layout. I intend to place a colorbox (two columns in width) in such ...

I've been struggling with this for a while.
1.) I want the 2.5 and 97.5 to appear distinctly from the "Percentile" label but still in the same cell.
2.) I want the 2.5 to appear centered around the ...

I use multicols within an enumerate environment to make sub-questions; however, I've encountered annoying default: for some reason the spacing between the elements is not even, nor does it appear to ...

I've been trying to typeset my ToC like the one in the question How to make the ToCs part entry in onecolumn while the others are in two columns however, I don't have parts and therefore I want the ...

I am trying to create a formula sheet which I am going to use for my exams. I was able to set up the layout as I like it, bit I am having a problem on pages 4, 6 and others (as you can see from the ...

I am writing handouts using the tufte-handout document class. I use the multicol package to make a two-column list of vocabulary terms. One term needs an explanation, which I would like to reference ...

I am trying to use multicol and itemize to spread a list over several columns. I am also using titlesec to style my headings. One part of my document uses multicol and the other does not and both have ...

Is it possible to split an itemize list into several columns? (I'm sure it is, but I couldn't find a solution around here)
And additionally: Is it possible to automatically split a list into multiple ...

I am facing a very weird problem; see the output:
I am trying to get my table in the landscape mode within a two-column layout. Therefor the package "multicol" is used. The table does not appear on ...

I have quite a lot of data I "want" to print regularly, and the best option seems to be a prepared LaTeX template, where I just \input{data}, and data.tex is the result of minor sed and awk voodoo.
I ...

I have a problem in my multirow and multicolumn table. As you can see in the figure, there is an extra horizontal line over the first column. Can anybody tell me how to remove it. I constructed the ...

The following code does not align the contents of the two columns do not align properly; in particular, the content of the left column is a bit lower on the page than the content of the right column.
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Why does the behavior listed here occur?
Just to recap, the bioinformatics template (available here and elsewhere) leads to overwritten headers when used in conjunction with \usepackage{multicols}. ...

I would like to slightly increase the vertical space between the fraction answers as currently it looks wrong (ie the spacing between and a b, c and d, and e and f:
any suggestions on formatting or ...